Exhibit Design Search Boot Camp Webinar — Video Replay
Recently, I conducted two Exhibit Design Search webinars via Go To Webinar. Below is one of those recorded sessions for anyone unable to attend the live event, or simply for any Classic Distributor who wants a better understand of how to navigate EDS quickly and efficiently. Become an EDS Warrior! In this one-hour Exhibit Design Search Boot Camp, you'll learn the essential skills to attack every...
Westeros and Trade Shows: Meet Your Game of Thrones Characters as Exhibitors
Trade show exhibitors and Game of Throne characters have a lot in common. See which character you resemble as an exhibitor in this entertaining blog post.
How to Win the Hearts and Minds of Trade Show Attendees
Many exhibitors neglect to create an environment where attendees feel comfortable and want to spend time. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg to win the hearts and minds of potential clients. Feed them. Give them a place to relax. And get them charged up!
Trade Show I&D Tips: Wasting Time = Wasting Money
As your National Trade Show Labor Service Partner, Momentum Management wants to help you save money during your trade show or event installation and dismantle. When it comes to saving money, it comes down to “time used” or “time wasted.”
It’s Time to Check the Meter on Your Trade Show Display
Has your trade show display reached its expiration date? Here are 20 clues that time has expired on your exhibit.
SEGUE Sunrise Simple Summer Specials
Occam’s Razor states: “The Simplest Solution is Almost Always the Best.” The SEGUE Sunrise Simple Specials. See all 12 portable kits on Exhibit Design Search. Valid until 6/28/19
Modern Smartphones and 21st Century Trade Shows
You probably don’t consider smartphones and trade shows as having much in common. After all, one is small enough to hold in your hand, and the other is a large attractive display in an exhibit hall. However, you might be surprised at how similar they really are. 9 Ways a Trade Show is Like a Modern Smartphone 1. Videos. After Google.com, YouTube is the most popular site on the web. We love...
New Unbranded “Under” Brochures
Did you know that Classic creates unbranded marketing literature as PDFs for our Distributor Partners? One of those is the “Under Sheets” which shows Classic Exhibits designs under certain prices, like Under $6K or $12K.
The Branded and Unbranded Versions of Exhibit Design Search
Exhibit Design Search, the award-winning display search from Classic Exhibits, offers multiple branded and unbranded versions. Branded and Unbranded There's the Classic version at www.classicexhibits.com in addition to two unbranded versions: www.exhibit-design-search.com (w/ prices) and www.exhibitdesignsearch.com (w/o prices). Many Classic Distributors have branded EDS websites with customized...
What It’s Like to Rent from Classic Rental Solutions
Renting a trade show exhibit reminds me a twenty-year span where I would go on shopping sprees for business clothes. I always shopped at the same Nordstrom store in Portland, and Pam in the Men’s Suits Department helped me every time. Once I became confident with her guidance and direction, I had no reason to ever consider shopping anywhere else.
Recent Posts
| Perfection vs. Good Enough
Over the years, we’ve learned that it’s OK to “release” if you’ve done your best under the circumstances. The mistake is not listening to feedback and making adjustments. And honestly, that can be so much harder for some people and organizations because then it’s no longer about perfection. It’s about ego.
Universal Trade Show and Event Charging Stations
Our charging stations are ideal examples of how Classic Distributors drive innovations. Several years ago, we were asked to develop a charging station with two monitors. Good idea. Great product. But not very useful for most trade shows and events.
Classic Exhibits… By the Numbers
In business, as in life, we celebrate milestones. This morning after adding an article to Trade Show Tips, I decide to count them — 74 articles. It’s more than I thought, but 74 isn’t 740 or 7400 so the number didn’t freak me out.
Having started down this path, I decided to look at other numbers. For example, how many blog posts have we published in Trade Show Tales?
Gravitee One-Step Demo Video
On Day 3 of EXHIBITORLIVE, we shot a video of Kevin highlighting the features of the new Gravitee One-Step Modular System. By then, he had perfected his Gravitee presentation… well… mostly. Admittedly, it’s no ShamWow or Ronco Rotisserie pitch but how many times can you say, “But wait! There’s more!” in real life?
| Gravitee Strikes a Winning Chord
I’m at 32,000 feet, headed home from EXHIBITORLIVE 2016 in Las Vegas. After four weary days (and nights), I wanted to share with you the overall show vibe from the Classic Exhibits perspective.
To those not in attendance, I hope you viewed our videos highlighting Day 1 and Day 2. They show how slammed we were both days. On the morning of Day 2, I was approached by another exhibitor who said, “Kevin, ya know in grade school where we all learned to share. Would you mind sharing some of your attendee traffic with the rest of us?”
| Thumbs Up & Thumbs Down
We’re back from an early EXHIBITORLIVE 2016 this year. I have a vague recollection back in the days of Bally’s of one around Valentine’s Day but then again, all my EXHIBITOR memories are somewhat fuzzy for reasons that would be best not to explore. While it’s still fresh on my mind, I thought I’d share a few Thumbs Ups and Thumbs Downs.
| The One-Step Wall System
Yes, Gravitee really is as simple and clever as it appears:
Panels Connect without Tools or Loose Parts
Upper Panels Stack without Tools or Loose Parts
Attach Direct Print or SEG Graphics
Flat and Curve Panels (60, 90, and 120 Degrees)
Lightweight, Durable Engineered Aluminum Extrusion
Connects to Euro LT and ClassicMODUL Extrusions
A Subtle Update to Exhibit Design Search
How often have you heard me say, “Exhibit Design Search is a work in progress, always evolving and changing.” I’m glad I can’t see you. It would hurt my feelings… just a little.
Nearly everyday, we make little changes to EDS. Sometimes it’s as simple as changing the wording, adding a kit, or linking to a new photo.
Women in Exhibitions Meeting at EXHIBITOR
Hi everyone, Katina here!
Calling all women in the exhibition industry! I’ll be leading the Women In Exhibitions (WIE) meeting on Monday, February 29 at 5 pm. Please join us as we network and build key relationships with other women in our intriguing industry. The Mandalay Bay conference room assignment has not been made yet, but if you are interested, please do two things:
1) Join the WIE Group on LinkedIn
2) Send me an email so I can follow up with you personally as soon as I have the location. My e-mail is katina.rigall@classicexhibits.com.
Custom Inline Exhibit with LED RGB Lights (Very Cool!)
Do you want to see something AMAZING?
As we head into EXHIBITOR, I wanted to share a video of a recent build. It’s two 10 x 10’s inlines that convert into a 10 x 20.
Before you say, “big deal Kevin…an inline exhibit…we have seen them all”…I challenge that idea.
| Monday After Next
So close. We’re a mere two weeks away from another EXHIBITORLIVE. And yes, out of respect for EXHIBITOR, I add the LIVE in italics and caps (but noticeably wince each time).
EDS Training Video by The TradeshowGuy
Tim Patterson, aka The Tradeshow Guy, created a quick video tutorial on Exhibit Design Search. He covers the major EDS points in just 7:34 min., something I couldn’t do under any circumstance. You’ll learn how to do a quick search, review details about a design, save them in a gallery, see exhibit photos, and share trade show marketing tips. Frankly, it’s hard not to be a little jealous of Tim’s video and audio panache.
| Vote For Classic Exhibits (please)
The E2MA and Exhibit City News present the first annual BEST Awards created to honor the Best in Exhibit Servicing & Technology among trade show industry service organizations and management companies.
Top 10 Trade Show Rental Designs
When I started in the this business, waaaayyyyyy back when folding panel systems and pop ups were duking it out for design supremacy, rentals were an afterthought. Really a non-thought. The Great Recession changed that. Rentals are now HUGE. And CUSTOMIZED. And BEAUTIFUL. At least those from Classic Rental Solutions.
Backlit Retail Kiosk with Monitor Mount and iPad Insert
Classic Exhibits designed and built these Backlit Retail Kiosks for an auto dealership. The kiosks include a large monitor connected to an iPad, USB charging connections, LED lighting, vinyl graphics, and a backlit SEG fabric graphic.